Matthew Mousley of Flourtown, a defined contribution and benefits senior associated for Prudential Financial in the Insurance Division in Dresher, received a Prudential Community Champions Shining Star Award of $1,000 for the Friends of Graeme Park. Mousley dedicated 210 hours to volunteer service in 2002. He served as chair of the planning committees for several public events, including the Celtic Heritage Festival, Native American Cultural Day, the "Patriots or Traitors?" program and Ghostly Gatherings at Graeme Park. Peter Solis-Cohen of Wyndmoor, vice president of corporate counsel for Prudential Financial in the Law, Compliance and Business Ethics business unit in Dresher, received a Prudential Community Champions Rising Star Award of $250 for CenterSchool. Solis-Cohen lent a hand developing and implementing fundraising activities and provided support services for the director of development. CenterSchool is a small private school serving a diverse student body of children with learning disabilities.

Barbara Rau, RN, an emergency room nurse who has worked at Chestnut Hill Hospital (CHH) for 11 years, recently completed her certification as a counselor for the Domestic Abuse Response Team (DART), a medical advocacy program. She is the first employee to receive her certification from Laurel House, a Montgomery County shelter for battered women. Robert Cummings, of Glenside, has earned his clinical doctorate of physical therapy. He has worked in the physical medicine department of CHH for three years.

Marine Corps Reserve Pfc. Joseph N. Tigue, a 2002 graduate of W. B. Saul High School, recently graduated from the Cannon Crewman Course while assigned to the U.S. Army Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Okla.

Seth Adam Shapiro, of Chestnut Hill, a vice president at Westrum Development Company, has been appointed to the board of directors of the Philadelphia Gas Works. Shapiro is also on the boards of Operating Understanding and Mt. Airy USA.

Health policy expert David B. Nash, M.D., MBA, of Lafayette Hill, director, Office of Health Policy and Clinical Outcomes at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, has been named one of the top 100 influential people in health care for 2003 by Modern Healthcare magazine. Dr. Nash is nationally recognized for his work in pharmaceutical economics, outcomes management, medical staff development, quality-of-care improvement and managed care medical education.

Navy Seaman Apprentice Teresa A. Smith, daughter of Jean and Francis D. Campbell of Philadelphia, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. Smith is a 1992 graduate of Roxborough High School.

Judith von Seldeneck, of Chestnut Hill, chair of the Diversified Search Companies, will receive the Heart of Philadelphia award at the American Heart Association’s Heart Ball on February 21, 2004.

Charles Weston of Carson Wagonlit Travel, 8138 Germantown Ave., was featured in the August 2003 issue of Condé Nast Traveler as one of America’s top 125 travel specialists.

The American Heart Association will honor five “Frontline Warriors” in the fight against heart disease and stroke at the 10th annual Edward S. Cooper, M.D. Awards Ceremony on November 12. Dr. Charles Bridges Sr., Dr. J. Oliver Brown and Dr. Beverly Graves, all of Mt. Airy, will be recognized at the Park Hyatt Philadelphia at the Bellevue for their 225 combined years of service to the African-American community.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has awarded an Environmental Stewardship and Watershed Protection (Growing Greener) Grant to Wissahickon Charter School. Selected from over 600 applicants, the school will use the funds to convert its paved lot into an outdoor learning lab that shows best practices in managing stormwater runoff. The lab will include a stream that carries stormwater into a rain garden. A covered seating area will allow students to visit the lab during storms to study and track weather patterns, as well as to learn about watersheds and how water moves during a storm. The lab will be designed to be a habitat for native plants and animals. To further promote the space as a habitat, WCS will include a variety of feeders and nesting boxes for different kinds of animals.

Marine Corps Pvt. Katie-Lyn Riggs, daughter of Joseph R. Riggs, of Flourtown, recently completed 12 weeks of basic training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C. Riggs is a 2003 graduate of Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School.

Dean Fournaris, of Chestnut Hill, a partner at Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, was a featured presenters at the ABA 26th Annual Forum on Franchising.

Elizabeth Coyne, C.R.N.P., of Roxborough, a nurse in the Chestnut Hill Hospital emergency department, recently received the Rita Celmer Award for outstanding contribution to emergency nursing from the Pennsylvania Emergency Nurses Association. Coyne has been a nurse for 25 years, with 23 of them in emergency. She earned at B.S.N. at LaSalle University and an M.S.N. in critical care and trauma at Thomas Jefferson University.

Gwen Earley, R.N., of North Hills, recently received Chestnut Hill Hospital’s service excellence award for “thoughtful and compassionate dedication.” Earley is a nurse in the family practice center at Chestnut Hill Hospital where she has worked for 25 years.

Lafayette Hill-based Edifice Rx/The Clean Air Company Inc. has been recognized as one of the fastest growing, privately-held companies in the nine-county Philadelphia region by the Philadelphia 100. Edifice Rx provides indoor environmental consulting for corporations, universities, health care and government institutions. Their services include indoor air quality, green building certification and environmental psychology.

The Auxiliary of Chestnut Hill HealthCare recently welcomed 11 new officers to the executive committee of the board: Sue Pringle (Laverock) and Joyce Shumaker (Oreland), co-chairs; Laura Brewer (Flourtown) and Betsy Whiteside (Erdenheim), co-vice chairs; Jan Maguire (Glenside) and Theresa McCooe (Chestnut Hill), co-fundraising chairs; Peggy Jones (Lower Gwynedd) and Pam Sharp (Fort Washington), co-recording secretaries; Joan Mattoon (Flourtown) corresponding secretary; Jean Alsentzer (Chestnut Hill), member-at-large and Christina Peirce (Dresher), past chair. Nancy Brewer (Fort Washington) continues as treasurer and Kathie Evans (Flourtown) continues as assistant treasurer. Auxiliary volunteers host numerous events and activities to raise funds for the patients and programs of Chestnut Hill HealthCare. They run three retail operations with the same aim — Monkey Business, 8624 B Germantown Ave., an upscale consignment shop; The Opportunity Shop, a thrift store located behind the Chestnut Hill HealthCare Women’s Center, 8811 Germantown Ave. and the Chestnut Hill Hospital’s Gift Shop. Events sponsored by The Auxiliary include CHHC Golf and Tennis Invitational and Music in the Garden.